I woke early and had a wonderful shower with a waterpic wand in our BnB. I
liked it because I could adjust the water pressure in addition to the water
spray pattern. This is what our Downing Place wand lacks, it comes out too
hard. I tried downloading pictures from the camera but got a disk full error.
it's hard to believe but the hard disk is full on my laptop. I deleted somee
movies which gave me 10 Gb more space but the reality is this is only 1/2 of an
SD card worth. Libbie and I had our shredded wheat with Blueberries. This is
quite a difference from what we had been having for breakfast everyday. I
surfed the web and purchased the Robert Service collected poems book for $4.50
on eBay. After some cereal with Blueberries in our room we left for the
Gardens. We couldn't find the place at first but we were persistent and asked
at the Safeway Liquor Store and then again and then again at a little rooms by
the hour motel. The clerk used to work in the Garden so we found the place
finally. They don't have a map on their brochure and also don't have a very big
sign in front, it's just a little mailbox sign. The place is spectacular. Kyle
drove us to the top to see the lookout then drove through the Tongass National
Forest. There wasn't much of a snack bar there for lunch so we drove to Fred
Meyer and bought a Cuban from the Deli dept. Picked up some water and Tim's
chips and found a scenic pullout overlooking the Mendenhall Glacier. We walked
the field a little after our picnic lunch then drove to the Glacier. A 2 mile
walk back to the Falls was certainly worth the trip. We watched the glacier
movie in the visitor center before leaving. I couldn't believe the number of
cruise ships that had arrived in port. They send buckets full of tourists to
the glacier. It was very crowded and jam packed when we left for the day.
We had wine and cheese on our patio then our host recommended the Island Pub for
pizza on Douglas island in the little town of Douglas. This was about one mile
away down the highway. We ordered a build your own pizza of mozarella and
provo;one on marinara sauce with /italian sausage. Alaskan Amber accompanied
the meal. The sausage was a little hot for Libbie but i thought it was OK,
not too hot but with a little heat to make it interesting. We drove aorundd
Douglas a little and noticed a second cafe in the town as well as a picnic area
on the water with a shelter where people were grilling food. It's a nice little
community away from the crowds of Juneau. We came sriaght back home with a
slight amount of difficulty since we were approaching our little BnB from the
opposite direction from where we normally approach.